World Aids Day

Hunger Strike Day 6: D.C. Barriers to Self-Rule Aggravate Public Health Emergency

Ben Zucker | Posted 02.18.2012

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Ben Zucker

To promote D.C. self-rule and legislative representation, four Occupy DC activists began a hunger strike on December 8th. After many years of direct action protests, this is the first hunger strike for D.C. self-rule.

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PHOTOS: Louis Vuitton ... Condoms?

The Huffington Post | Ileana Llorens | Posted 12.13.2011

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You've heard of top-notch bedding and lingerie brands, but is there room in bed for another designer? One artist seems to think so. Georgia Re...

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'Test and Treat:' What Newt Should Have Said on AIDS

Michael Weinstein | Posted 02.07.2012

Read More: HIV/AIDS, AIDS Treatment, Test and Treat, Newt Gingrich, South Carolina, Test and Treat AIDS, AIDs Epidemic, World AIDS Day, Politics News
Michael Weinstein

The status quo is unacceptable. The most direct path to ending this epidemic is the "Test and Treat" approach: increase testing to find those with HIV, link them to care, and get them on treatment.

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Lessons In Micro-lending At World Vision's Women's Prayer Breakfast

Chelsea-Lyn Rudder | Posted 02.06.2012

Read More: Grameen Bank Yunus, Micro Credit, World Vision, Zambia, Micro Finance, HIV/AIDS Microfinance, Muhammad Yunus, Bono Micro Lending, World AIDS Day, Impact News
Chelsea-Lyn Rudder

Micro-credit in the hands of women fosters an environment of education and entrepreneurship, which is necessary in the fight against HIV/AIDS.

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Secretary of Health Calls for Local-Global Partnerships to End AIDS

Ben Zucker | Posted 02.06.2012

Read More: HIV/AIDS, AIDS Policy, Obama AIDS Policy, AIDS Prevention, World AIDS Day 2011, World AIDS Day, DC News
Ben Zucker

On a cool winter's night in our nation's capital, a packed house of public health activists and policy makers came together to celebrate progress and remember those who have died of AIDS related diseases.

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What Children Can Teach Us About HIV

Chip Lyons | Posted 02.05.2012

Read More: Hiv, Caleb Glover, AIDS-Free Generation, Pediatric Aids, Abraham Smith, Ryan White, Pennsylvania, Elizabeth Glaser, World AIDS Day, HIV/AIDS, Video, Impact News
Chip Lyons

The news that a 13-year-old-boy has been banned from attending a school in Pennsylvania because he is HIV-positive brought back a flood of memories from an earlier and darker time in the history of the AIDS pandemic.

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To End AIDS, the World Needs a Plan

Mitchell Warren | Posted 02.05.2012

Read More: HIV/AIDS, Pepfar, Hiv-Prevention, Circumcision, Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Microbicides, Aids, Barack Obama, World AIDS Day, Vaccines, HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis, Impact News
Mitchell Warren

Last Thursday, on World AIDS Day, President Obama threw the full weight of the U.S. government behind a vision that would have seemed outlandish until now: The end of the global AIDS epidemic.

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What Your Hairdresser Knows For Sure

Gerit Quealy | Posted 02.05.2012

Read More: Hairdressers Against AIDS, HIV/AIDS, World AIDS Day, AIDS Awareness, Hiv, Aids, Impact News
Gerit Quealy

On World AIDS Day this year, some big players rolled out a big idea at Hair on Madison in Harlem: to educate budding hair stylists and colorists across the country to be up to speed on HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment.

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AIDS: From Judgement To Hope

Katherine Marshall | Posted 02.05.2012

Read More: HIV and AIDS, Southeast Asia, Uganda, Isobel-Coleman, Hany El Banna, Malawi, South Asia, Gideon Byamugisha, Community of Sant'Egidio, Beatrice Chipeta, HIV/AIDS, World AIDS Day, Religion News
Katherine Marshall

Religious people, communities and institutions were often the first to recognize the pain and suffering the disease caused, for individuals, families, and societies. Saintly nuns and volunteers of many sorts cared for the sick and dying...

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French Guiana Dancer Yannick Lebrun Finds "Home" In New Alvin Ailey Production Premiering on World AIDS Day

Grace Aneiza Ali | Posted 02.04.2012

Read More: Yannick Lebrun, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Of-Note-Magazine, World AIDS Day, Black Voices Life, Pop Culture Entertainment, Black Voices News
Grace Aneiza Ali

On December 1, Yannick Lebrun joined the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater in the world premiere of "Home," an evocative piece inspired by stories of people living with or affected by HIV.

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The Memory Of My Brother's Ashes

Rev. Malcolm Boyd | Posted 02.04.2012

Read More: AIDS Ashes, Kirk Thompson, AIDS and Religion, LGBT Rights, AIDS Memory, AIDS and Christianity, ONE National Gay and Lesbian Archives and Library, World AIDS Day, AIDS and Faith, Religion News
Rev. Malcolm Boyd

I believe that those who have died have moved from what we call time to what we call history. We'll become ancestors, whether we want to or not. Never forget. In memory is found the greatest wisdom.

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Time to Redouble AIDS Fight in Black Community

Benjamin Todd Jealous | Posted 01.31.2012

Read More: Health, Benjamin Todd Jealous, Aids, Civil Rights, Naacp, World AIDS Day, HIV/AIDS, Bv-Life, Black Voices News
Benjamin Todd Jealous

On this World AIDS Day, we cannot forget there is an HIV crisis raging right here in our own backyards. A dangerous mix of complacency, cultural stigma and outright denial continues to fuel this epidemic in our communities.

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Your Weekend Random-Ass Roundup: Why Those Jobs Numbers Are Worse Than They Look

J.D. Bell | Posted 02.02.2012

Read More: Random-Ass-Roundup, Postbourgie, Unemployment, Martina Correia-Davis, Marriage Equality, World AIDS Day, Herman Cain, Video, Black Voices News
J.D. Bell

I'm looking for some extra tickets to the "black achievers conference" in Kentucky. Should I be looking for them at thecainsolutions.com?

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Harlem Hairdressers Cut Into HIV/AIDS Fight With Awareness Campaign

www.dnainfo.com | Posted 12.02.2011

Read More: HIV/AIDS, Harlem, Rochelle Walters, Hairdressers Against AIDS, L'Oreal, Hairdressers, HIV/AIDS Prevention, World AIDS Day, Black Voices News

HARLEM — As a hairdresser for the past 23 years, Rochelle Walters often develops very personal relationships with her clients. That's why she has no...

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NYPD Accused Of Sadistic Pizza-Stealing

The Huffington Post | Christopher Mathias | Posted 12.03.2011

Read More: Wall Street Protest, Nypd, Pizza, Ny News, Occupy Wall Street, Nypd Scandals, Housing Works, New York News, World AIDS Day, New York News

Supporters of the 8 'Robin Hoods' arrested during an act of civil disobedience are demanding $30 restitution from the NYPD for two stolen large pizzas...

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'We have the technology...'

Mark Ishaug | Posted 02.01.2012

Read More: HIV/AIDS, National Hiv/Aids Strategy, World AIDS Day 2011, World AIDS Day, Healthy Living News
Mark Ishaug

This year's World AIDS Day theme is "Getting to Zero: Zero new HIV infections. Zero discrimination. Zero AIDS-related deaths." We now have a clear path to get to zero.

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We Deserve Rights. We Deserve Life.

Margaret Cho | Posted 02.01.2012

Read More: HIV/AIDS, Lgbt, California Gay Marriage, LGBT Issues, Margaret Cho, LGBT Rights, San Francisco, Gay Marriage, World AIDS Day, Gay Voices News
Margaret Cho

World AIDS Day falls on December 1st, and on that day and most days, I think about AIDS, and what the disease has taken from me. It has taken a lot from me. More than I can think about sometimes, more than I want to remember. More than anything should take from a person.

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Advice for a Young Man Newly Diagnosed with HIV

Bren Shucart | Posted 01.31.2012

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Bren Shucart

When I tested positive in the spring of 2005, it felt like the end of the world. HIV was this boogieman that I had been taught to hate and fear since before I really understood how sex worked, and suddenly this monster was inside me.

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Religious, Political Leaders Call For AIDS-Free Generation

Posted 12.01.2011

Read More: The Beginning of the End, Hivaids, World-Aids-Day-Obama, Beginning of the End Aids, Aids Day Beginning of the End, World AIDS Day 2011, World AIDS Day, Religion News

By Josef Kuhn Religion News Service WASHINGTON (RNS) A star-studded array of political and religious leaders -- from President Obama to rock legen...

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End Mother to Child Transmission -- Together, We Can Make a Difference

Gisele Bundchen | Posted 03.18.2012

Read More: HIV/AIDS, One, HIV/AIDS Africa, AIDs Epidemic, World AIDS Day, Red, Global Motherhood, Impact News
Gisele Bundchen

Today, more than 1,000 babies are born with HIV every day in the developing world. As a mother, this statistic really breaks my heart, especially when as many as 98% of these cases could be prevented.

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On World AIDS Day, HIV-Positive Iowans Continue To Face Stigma

Cedar Falls, IA Patch | Alison Gowans | Posted 12.01.2011

Read More: HIV/AIDS, Iowa, Hiv Positive, Aids, Hiv, Hivaids, World AIDS Day, Healthy Living News

It has been 30 years since the first cases of human immunodeficiency virus, HIV, were discovered in America, but Tami Haught, president of PITCH (Posi...

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Working Toward A Generation Without AIDS

Latanya Mapp Frett | Posted 01.31.2012

Read More: HIV/AIDS, Planned Parenthood, World AIDS Day 2011, World AIDS Day, Black Voices News
Latanya Mapp Frett

As we mark this World AIDS Day, the time has come to set aside ideology, reintegrate our global initiatives, and focus on what works. In many parts of the world, the key to making HIV prevention work is to combine it more fully with family planning and reproductive health care.

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30 Years Later, The AIDS Patient Has Changed

| Christina Jewett | Posted 12.01.2011

Read More: Engeran-Cordova, Aids Rate, AIDS Healthcare Foundation, AIDS Walk, Aids Patient Profile, Christina Jewett, California Watch, World AIDS Day, Los Angeles News

This article comes to us courtesy of California Watch By Christina Jewett The profile of HIV and AIDS patients in California has shifted signifi...

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Help Moms in Life-or-Death AIDS Fight

Christy Turlington Burns | Posted 01.31.2012

Read More: One, Maternal Health, Every Mother Counts, Product Red, No Woman No Cry, World AIDS Day, HIV/AIDS, World AIDS Day 2011, Impact News
Christy Turlington Burns

Just as we have the knowledge to prevent almost every mother from dying needlessly in pregnancy and childbirth, we can prevent 390,000 children being born HIV-positive, most of whom will die by their second birthday.

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Women's Empowerment and HIV/AIDS: A Call to Action on World AIDS Day

Racheal Yeager | Posted 01.31.2012

Read More: Women's Empowerment, HIV/AIDS, Aids, Sustainability, Women, Corporate Social Responsibility, Women's Health, Violence Against Women, Rape, World AIDS Day 2011, World AIDS Day, San Francisco News
Racheal Yeager

Women's empowerment lies at the heart of solving (or failing to solve) most global development challenges -- including the fight against HIV/AIDS.

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